Multiple sign.



R. A. MILLER. MULTIPLE SIGN.

APPLIOATION FILED mm: 24, 1908.

. Patenteo'i May 18, 196 9.

embodying my invention.

UNITED PATENT orFioE.

RUDOLPH A. MILLER, OF CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIG'NOR OF ONE-THIRD T0CHARLES LEWIS, ONE-THIRD TO JAMES J. HEEKIN, AND ONE-THIRD TO ALBERT E.HEEKIN,

'ALL OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MULTIPLE SIGN.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Application filed June 24, 1908'. Serial No. 440,129.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDoLrH A. MILLER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Connersville, county of Fayette, State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MultipleSigns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to signs which consist of a back and of transversemembers, in which the back receives the numerals or letters to be readfrom directly in front of the signs, and the transverse members receivethe numerals or letters to be read from positions to one side or theother of the signs and which are known as triple signs, and especiallytions, such as bulletin signs, which are used adjacent to railroadtracks.

The object of my invention is a sign of the character indicated, whichmay be put together readily and may be taken apart for repainting, andwhich likewise is constructed in a manner such that the back does notpermit the rays of light to penetrate it, and which is likewiseprotected against the entrance of rain, between the joints thereof. Thisobject is attained by the means described in the specification andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a perspective view of a sign Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofone of the members which form the back of the sign. Fig. 3 is a similarview of a part of one of the transverse members of the sign. Fig. 4 is asectional view taken upon line :rm of Fig. 1. Flg.

5 is a sectional view taken upon line e'v of Fig. 1.

Referring to the parts: the back is made up of strips of metal, A,having along one edge a flange, a, which is bent at right angles to thestrip, A, and along the opposite edge a flange, a, with a return bend, aThe transverse members of the sign are made up of straight flat slats,B, of metal of a length equal to the members, A. The frame, C, of thesign has in its top and bottom members, a, 0, a series of transverseslots, which extend from the rear of the members a, 0,

to triple signs of large proporforward, and terminate at a distance fromthe front edge of the strips. In the rear the members, 0, c, of theframe have a longitudinal rabbet, c". 0 cut in them of a depth equal tothe depth of the flange a.

In the completed sign, the flange, a, of one back strip fits into theU-bend, a of the adjacent back strip, and the slats, B, fit into thespaces between the flanges, a, and the flanges, a. The upper and loweredges of the slats, B, are seated in transverse slots in the members, c,c, and the flanges, a, and a, stand withinvthe rabbetgrooves in the rearof the frame. Strips, D, D, are then secured upon the back of the frame,C, sothat their inner edges abut against the U-bends, (1 When the signis thus assembled, the U-bends hold the transverse members and the backmembers firmly together, and prevent the passage of rays of light, or ofrain through the back of the sign. Should it be desired to dismember thesign for any purpose, such that of re-painting, this is readilyaccomplished by first removing the strips, D, D, from the frame, afterwhich the back members, A, may be lifted out of contact with the slats,without the employment of force, and then the slats, B, may be pushedout of their slots.

What I claim is:

1. In a multiple sign the combination of a series of strips withparallel flanges bent transversely from their opposite edges, and placedside by side with the flanges in the rear, transverse strips or slatsplaced between the transverse flanges, and a means for clamping theflanges and the strips together.

2. In a multiple sign the combination of a series of strips, each striphaving along its opposite edges transverse flanges one of which flangeshas a return bend made in it, the strips being placed together with thestraight flange of one strip projecting into the U-bend of the adjacentstrip, and transverse slats seated in the ways formed be tween theadjacent flanges.

3. In a multiple sign the combination of a frame having a series oftransverse slots in its top and bottom members, transverse" stripsseated in the slots, members for forming the back, each metal havingalong 5 flange and along the U-bend, the strips consisting of a strip ofone ed e a transverse other e ge a transverse being placed with theflanges contacting the rear of the transverse strips and the U-bendsfitting over and clamping the flanges and the transverse

